The U.S. Agency for International Development’s acquisition and assistance, or A&A, strategy has come to guide how the organization provides almost 80% of its funding.
The strategy will help determine how USAID delivers its vision of a more locally driven agenda, and whether the agency can expand the pool of organizations that receive foreign aid funding.
Some development experts Devex spoke to expressed concerns regarding the strategy’s delay. There was also criticism that there was not enough public consultation during its development.